Tag Archives: Dog Training

Alberta SPCA Annual Conference

Called ‘ground-breaking’ by vets and ‘life altering’ by owners, “Susan Overfield’s work is noteworthy in that she focuses our attention on the dog’s behavioral properties, on its social identity…

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BOSS Dog Clinic Charlotte NC April 20

BOSS Dog Clinics & Private Consultations — Creating well-behaved dogs everywhere

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BOSS Dog Clinic Ft Worth TX – April 13

BOSS Dog Clinics & Private Consultations — Creating well-behaved dogs everywhere

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Private Consultations – Ft. Worth TX April 8-12

BOSS Dog Clinics & Private Consultations — Creating well-behaved dogs everywhere.

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BOSS Dog Clinic Havre MT

BOSS Dog Clinics — Creating well-behaved dogs everywhere.

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A Tale of Two Shelters

Here then are videos of two, diametrically opposed shelters and how their approaches, knowledge, implementation of that knowledge, and dedication to the true welfare of the dogs is playing out:

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JAZZ: A VERY Merry Christmas

The true test of a dog’s behavioral knowledge comes when he is placed in a pressure situation. Jazz is living proof of this. Jazz had a GOOD Christmas day.

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JAZZ: Continued Improvement

Jazz continues to improve and her social skills are becoming settled and dependable. It means she’s beginning to trust her world enough to engage in independence and use her new found trust to test some limits.

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Whitefish MT Private Consultations & BOSS Dog Clinic

Whitefish MT BOSS Dog Clinic & Private Consultations for dog owners

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Jazz Rehab: Week 2

Jazz has come a long way, but still has some fairly severe issues. She is beginning, however, to remember how to be a dog. I know that sounds odd, but she really didn’t know HOW to be a dog. Sentimentality by humans made her crazy.

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JAZZ: Diary of Rehabing a Dog

I meant to begin this on Friday when she arrived, but I’ve been a tad busy with other dogs, life, etc. I first worked with Jazz about 2 or 3 weeks ago in a private consultation. She was a mess, …

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Havre, MT

BOSS Dog Clinic sponsored by Bear Paw Vet. Contact for information or to sign up. All breeds, all ages. Give your dogs the best holiday ever.

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Denver, CO — Sept. 17th

I will be in the Denver CO area doing private consultations. Please contact me using the Contact Susan tab on the right side of this page should you wish to arrange an appointment.

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San Diego CA — Sept 12-13th

Want a well-behaved dog? A limited number of private consultation appointment openings still available for San Diego, CA

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Libby MT – Aug 25th

On Saturday 25, Aug 2012 I will be in the Libby area to help dogs. A small BOSS Dog Clinic and private consultations will be offered. Please contact me using the Contact Susan tab on the right side of this …

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Respecting, Learning From, and Listening Is Key to Great Relationships

A relationship is KNOWING the other person/animal in the relationship equation so well as to understand, without words, the emotions being experienced, evidenced, and the correct emotional responses wanted and needed in order to communicate a response — good, bad, or indifferent — at any given moment for a desired result. It is THIS paramount skill which is missing from the human-dog relationship.

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Crazy Owner Behavior Guide; State-by-State

While what I’m about to list here in no way is indicative of ALL owners within a state, it is snippets of what I experienced while within that particular state.

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Saturday Dogs

You are all living testimonies to handling dogs right!

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Man’s Earliest Use of the Dog: A Conjecture

It has always been stated that man, once he began to use dogs, used them (and this is often simply inferred or told as basic fact) to attack animals and kill them for us in the process of the hunt. Yet I don’t think that’s true. Let’s work backwards.

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Will Ferrell — Shows What Dog Training/Trainers Taught HIM

For me, it’s too funny. Ferrell, known for his satire, has hit the mark dead-on. With a keen eye and a rapier wit he has trainers pegged perfectly, right from the get-go. How the talk is about “helping” owners, “behavior”, …

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Ft. Worth TX BOSS Dog Clinic

A dog, an owner, a partnership for life. BOSS Dog Clinics differ greatly from conventional obedience-based methods by teaching positive social behaviors that dogs need and owners want. Taught in a common-sense, no gimmick, no frills way that’s easy to …

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MTVMA 2012 Summer Meeting

Speaking engagement at the Montana Veterinary Medical Association 2012 Summer Meeting.

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BOSS Dog Shelter Staff Training

A staff training seminar will be held for the Stafford Animal Shelter in the BOSS Dog method. How a relinquished dog is handled, from the moment a shelter receives him, is of paramount importance to the dog’s overall psychological, social, …

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The Truth About Dogs – Straight Talk

Top dog handlers around the world know something about dogs that you, and many others, don’t. Come learn. It’s FREE A one-hour, interactive discussion about dogs. Everything you’ve wanted to know about your dog, how and what he thinks, why …

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BOSS Dog Clinic — Dedman Foundation

Have a bad dog, problem dog, good dog, shy dog, stubborn dog – any kind of dog? Then don’t miss Susan Overfield’s BOSS Dog Clinic. A dog, an owner, a partnership for life. BOSS Dog Clinics differ greatly from conventional …

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BOSS Dog Clinic

Have a bad dog, problem dog, good dog, shy dog, stubborn dog – any kind of dog? Then don’t miss Susan Overfield’s BOSS Dog Clinic.

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BOSS Dog Clinic for Louisa (VA) Humane Society / Animal Shelter

BOSS Dog Clinics differ greatly from conventional obedience-based methods by actually teaching positive social behaviors that dogs need and owners want but rarely are taught.

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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all of you and your dogs. I would love to receive a “card” from each of you, so please feel free to leave a comment, if only your/your dogs’ name(s). Thanks, Susan

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Helping Dogs & Owners

A dog owner comes to me with problems they’ve tried everything to fix but can’t: we spend a day working on them, and later I get an update saying, “Life is good. Things are going well.” or “My dog made me proud today.”

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This-porch: A Fairy Tale for Dogs

Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a land where all dogs lived. It was a wonderful land

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Dog Trainers Don’t ‘Get It’

Dog owners ‘get it.’ The dogs “get it.” The vets ‘get it.’ A few dog trainers ‘get it.’

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Dog Training: Top Songs

I thought that those of you who have gone through dog training should become aware of dog training’s top songs so you can hum them, or sing if you have the voice for it.

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Dog Training: Use of Aromatherapy

Is your dog upset? Does he act inappropriately around other dogs? These are questions that haunt dog owners. You worry. You fret. You seek answers. Aromatherapy for dogs will solve these problems.

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Dog Training: Stupidity & Ineptitude in Action

Well, that headline should just about guarantee a group primal scream. But, it’s true. Dog owners are being screwed and they ought to know it.

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Helping Rescue Dogs: Are You a Negative or Positive Rescuer?

I recently worked a rescue dog. It brought home to me, once again, that some dogs are rescued, many are simply taken out of a one kind of bad situation and put into another kind of bad situation.

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What is it we want for our dogs?

One of the most important questions you may ever ask is, “What do I want for my dog?” Your answer, your actions, will determine the future of all dogs.

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Aahhtt!! Science Proves It Works

Aahhtt!! is what I growl to communicate I don’t like their behavior — the dogs get it. Science is discovering it.

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Stupid Items Created for Dogs

I’m appalled at the stupid items that the dog industry sells for dogs

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Dog Obedience Training is Snake Oil for Dogs

What I do scares the patooties out of the majority of the fakes that call themselves dog “trainers” because they CAN’T do it, don’t understand it, and they fight, tooth and nail, to discredit it. Even though it consistently proves successful.

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The History of Modern Dog Training

Very few of the dog training methods being taught NOW come from successful methods that predated modern training as it is known today.

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Montana Shelter Discovers Secret For Permanent Dog Adoption

Cut Bank Animal Shelter uses Susan Overfield’s training techniques and psychology of dogs with every animal that we handle. We have had no returned animals when adopted.

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Dogs Reveal Who We Are

The human’s unexpressed personal desire – for others to see in the eyes of their dog what they themselves have seen – a good, loving, and respected companion.

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Socializing Your Dog

If you truly want a confident, calm, trusting & listening pup, then don’t insist he interact with everything and everyone.

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Rally & Agility Are No Substitute

Your dog’s participation in rally and agility don’t teach good behavior.

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Dog Trainers Could Learn Something From This

Dog “training” today doesn’t work. It is failing our dogs.

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A Christmas Card for You

Please ‘sign’ this card by leaving (at least) your first name, your dog’s name(s), and the city where you live in the comments.  Thank you and we hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.  Pet your dogs for us …

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